Don't we have the technology to transmit TV signal over the airwaves without a cable company acting as a middleman? If Jerry Brown can bring back the train, why not bring back rabbit ears while we're at it?

If a cable network were suddenly in 30% fewer homes, it would need to find a way to make up for that lost revenue and the easiest approach would be to just charge the people who still get the channel even more.

However, the rising cost of sports programming is starting to lead to louder calls that at least some content should be sold to consumers who want it and not forced on everyone.